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  #6751                         

Penwork Playing Card Box - Measuring 6" x 4 1/2" x 1 7/8" high, this stunning box is meant to hold playing cards.   Penwork is a technique that is exactly what is sounds like - it is a technique of decorating wood using pen and ink.    

The top as well as all four sides of the box are beau- tifully decorated with cherubs, garlands, swirls and a majestic crown.  As the pictures illustrate, the box is quite lovely.   Inside the box, there are two compartments meant to hold two decks of cards.            

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The condition of the box is very good.   The hinges are original and are in good working order and the green felt lining the bottom of the box is original.   There are a few scratches in the finish of the box, but nothing that is very noticable at all.                                                                                                                                                                   $195.00

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#6409

Scissors With Sheath -  These elegant embroidery scis- sors are made of steel.   The lea- ther sheath is probably not original to the scissors, but it fits them nicely.  The scissors measure 4" in length.   The scissors are in excellent condition, but the leather sheath has a hole in the bottom.                                                                                                          $175.00

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Straw Work Box - This unusual little sewing box is made of straw work and is possibly French prisoner of war work.   During the Napoleanic wars French prisoners were required to earn their keep by making items to be sold to the English population.  Straw work was a popular technique used at the time by the prisoners.      

The box measures 6" x 4" x 2" high and it features a town scene on both the top and the bottom of the box.   The inside lid of the box has a small mirror and a star pattern on the inner lid.  The box is figural in that it is made in the shape of a book.

Sadly, the condition of the box is only fair.  The third picture shows that the straw has worn away on the spine of the "book", showing the paper below the straw.  In addition, both the top and the bottom of the box are a bit warped.  Because of the warping, the bottom of the box has become separated just along the front.   Only one of the three bone edges for the thread holes is still present on the front of the box.                                                                                                                                                                           $325.00           

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  #6444                         

Spectacles Case - Made of paper mache' with gold embossing, this charming spectacles case is circa 1880.  It opens from the back of the case on one end.   Paper mache' was enormously popular with the Victorians.  It was considered to be England's answer to Japanese lacquer ware.        

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Other than a bit of wear to the lining, the case is in very good condition.   It opens nicely and closes tightly.                                                                                                                             $185.00

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#6398

Glass Pin Disc -  This beautiful reverse painted glass pin disc features a stun- ning view of a church labelled "St. John's  Lowestoft".    19th Century reverse painting on glass required a very time consuming process of painting one color at a time and allowing it to dry before moving on to the next color.   It also required that the artist paint everything backwards, so these little beauties were quite difficult to produce and of course they are highly prized today.                                                                                                                                      $265.00